Seeking production staff for our spring production of *Translations*
TLP is looking for designers and technicians for our spring 2026 production of Brian Friel's Translations.
Individuals who identify as BIPOC and/or multilingual (any languages) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Positions
We are eager to interview designers and other crew members with a love of the material and a desire to see County Donegal brought to life; the current vision for the play is one grounded in a truthful realization of the early 19th-century time period of the piece.
- Tech Week: Nights and weekends May 2, 2026 – May 7, 2026
- Strike: May 17, 2026
Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will all take place in-person at Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, MA. Full vaccination is encouraged for directors, actors, and production crew.
Please see the links below the "Positions" heading to access specific job descriptions and obtain application instructions.
At the intersection of language, longing, and loss, Brian Friel’s Translations charts a haunting exploration of cultural identity and the power of place. What does it mean when our heritage is re-named, our memories re-mapped? Can we still find our way, and how do we avoid or include the outsiders that seek to change us – and, even more poignantly, those that wish to live among us? Set in rural western Ireland in the 1830s, Translations evokes a timeless awareness of the fragility of home and the tragic beauty of our human entanglements. It offers insights for this present moment as we traverse themes of migration and immigration, and what it takes to make peace with the “other” and with ourselves.
About the Play
3f, 7m
“From the acclaimed playwright of Faith Healer and Dancing at Lughnasa, this hauntingly lyrical play is about nothing less than language as the soul of a nation. Set in 1833 in Ireland, it tells of the British army's campaign to replace the native Gaelic place names with English ones in an attempt to end centuries of fighting by setting up a political union based on a common language. Against a beautiful backdrop, Lieutenant Yolland, a British soldier, falls in love with Maire, a peasant girl, and with Ireland. Their romance sparks displeasure and anger in the Irish and English alike, and when Yolland goes missing, the mutual revenge taken threatens to tear the countryside apart.”